diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+++ b/.gitignore
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+*.gem
+.bundle
+Gemfile.lock
+pkg/*
diff --git a/.rvmrc b/.rvmrc
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/.rvmrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+rvm '1.9.2@celebration'
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
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+++ b/Gemfile
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+source "http://rubygems.org"
+
+# Specify your gem's dependencies in celebration.gemspec
+gemspec
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# Larry E. Baltz's (LEB's) personal collection of Ruby code
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
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+++ b/Rakefile
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+require "bundler/gem_tasks"
+require 'rspec/core/rake_task'
+
+task :default => :spec
+task :spec => ['spec:1.8', 'spec:1.9']
+
+namespace :spec do
+  task '1.8' do
+    sh "/bin/bash -c 'rvm 1.8.7@celebration rake spec:just_run'"
+  end
+
+  task '1.9' do
+    sh "/bin/bash -c 'rvm 1.9.2@celebration rake spec:just_run'"
+  end
+
+  RSpec::Core::RakeTask.new(:just_run)
+end
diff --git a/celebration.gemspec b/celebration.gemspec
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+++ b/celebration.gemspec
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+# -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
+$:.push File.expand_path('../lib', __FILE__)
+require 'celebration/version'
+
+Gem::Specification.new do |s|
+  s.name        = 'celebration'
+  s.version     = Celebration::VERSION
+  s.authors     = ['Larry Baltz']
+  s.email       = ['larry@baltz.org']
+  s.homepage    = ''
+  s.summary     = %q{Larry E. Baltz's (LEB's) personal collection of Ruby code}
+  # s.description = %q{TODO: Write a gem description}
+
+  s.rubyforge_project = 'celebration'
+
+  s.files         = `git ls-files`.split("\n")
+  s.test_files    = `git ls-files -- {test,spec,features}/*`.split("\n")
+  s.executables   = `git ls-files -- bin/*`.split("\n").map{ |f| File.basename(f) }
+  s.require_paths = ['lib']
+
+  # specify any dependencies here; for example:
+  s.add_development_dependency 'rspec'
+  s.add_development_dependency 'rr'
+  s.add_runtime_dependency 'facets'
+  s.add_runtime_dependency 'backports'
+end
diff --git a/lib/celebration.rb b/lib/celebration.rb
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/celebration.rb
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+require "celebration/version"
+
+module Celebration
+  # Your code goes here...
+end
diff --git a/lib/celebration/corext/pathname.rb b/lib/celebration/corext/pathname.rb
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index 0000000..a907fd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/celebration/corext/pathname.rb
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+require 'pathname'
diff --git a/lib/celebration/corext/symbol.rb b/lib/celebration/corext/symbol.rb
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/celebration/corext/symbol.rb
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+class Symbol
+  alias to_path to_s
+  alias_method :to_str, :to_s if RUBY_VERSION =~ /1\.8/
+end
diff --git a/lib/celebration/version.rb b/lib/celebration/version.rb
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/celebration/version.rb
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+module Celebration
+  VERSION = "0.0.1"
+end
diff --git a/spec/pathname_spec.rb b/spec/pathname_spec.rb
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+++ b/spec/pathname_spec.rb
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+require 'backports'
+require_relative 'spec_helper'
+
+describe Pathname do
+  
+end
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
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index 0000000..02abce1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+require 'backports'
+require_relative '../lib/celebration/corext/pathname'
+
+RSpec.configure do |c|
+  c.mock_with :rr
+end
diff --git a/spec/symbol_spec.rb b/spec/symbol_spec.rb
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/symbol_spec.rb
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+require 'backports'
+require_relative 'spec_helper'
+require_relative '../lib/celebration/corext/symbol'
+
+describe Symbol do
+  describe '#to_path' do
+    it 'should return the text of the symbol' do
+      :some_path.to_path.should == 'some_path'
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe '#to_str' do
+    case RUBY_VERSION
+    when /^1\.8/
+      it 'should return the text of the symbol' do
+        :some_path.to_str.should == 'some_path'
+      end
+    else
+      it 'should not exist' do
+        :some_path.should_not respond_to(:to_str)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end